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Geek Day Out 2000

Notes & Bolts
28 June 2000


Meeting convened on 28 June. Those present at this meeting probably were: Katherine, Nicole, Grant and Campbell. Discussion mostly covered the forms Katherine provided, which are reproduced below.

Geek Day Out 2000 Events

People mostly just ticked their "must haves",
though would be pleased to have the others.

What Y N Who
Roborally. xxx   Kirsty
Olaf's laser harp.     Kirsty
Chris's Software Video Intrument (SVI).     Kirsty
Laser light show in the planetarium. x   Katherine
Software demo competition of some sort. Perhaps post-grad projects. xxx   ?
Multi-player gaming xx   ?
Antique computer gear show. xxx   Grant
Combine with party in Tokyo xxx   Andrew P.
Geeky music for the party. xxx   Katherine
Highlight online communities such as the furries.      
A Linux demo group. xx   Nicole
A video room. xx   ?
Must have t-shirts and name tags (maybe pocket protectors?). xx   Nicole
Wearable computer fashion show, maybe modelled by Circus Oz.      
Arcade game machines.     Grant
Scienceworks shows CSIRAC. xx   ?
Webcam.     Andrew
Chill room. xxx   ?


Potential Guests

Guest Who Contact
Adam Spencer  
Paul Kidd  
Weird Al  
Ultraman  
Dexter from Perfect Match - TV Museum  
Metal Mickey  
Lost in Space Robot  
Head of Lyssa Group  
Louis Morley  
Linus Torvalds  
Jack Richardt  
Tom Jennings  
Ka-Ping Yee Andrew
Eric Drexler  
John Maddog Hall  
Jon Katz  
Jeff Bates  
Rob Malda  
Robin Miller  
Iliad  
Michael Barnesly  
James Cameron Nicole
Andrew Tridgell  
Eric Young  
Maynard  
Larry Wall  
BOFH  
Steve Wozniak  
Deb Richardson Nicole
Tesla/Alan Cox  
Steve Case  
Brenda Laurel  
Sherry Turkel  
Mikey Robins  
Janet McLeod  
Amanda Keller  
Natasha Stott-Despoja  
Annette Shun-Wa  
Roberta Williams  
Centipede Inventor  


Potential Sponsors

Sponsor Who contact
Lego Kirsty
Compaq Nicole
Computer Trader  
CyberSource  
Hudson's Coffee  
Mars  
Coke  
Myer  
Booth Sales  
KDE Nicole
Ericsson  
Optus  
Caldera  
BSD  
VALinux Katherine & Andrew
Gnome Nicole
Technology Recruitment  
ComTech  
IBM  
Lexmark  
Sun Nicole
Multimedia Technology  
Xenon  
Jolt  
Nerf  
Fuji Xerox  
HP  
SGI  
O'Reilly  


Budget

Item Cost
Rental of Scienceworks  
Food  
Event Insurance  
Computer and networking rental  
Sound system  
TV projection system  
Flyers  
Advertising  
Special Guest Honorarium  


  • Next meeting Wednesday 20 September 7pm.
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